LIGHTNING NOTES
Tampa Bay dropped their second straight recreation to begin December, shedding 4-3 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on dwelling ice. Brandon Hagel (2G) and Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning within the loss, whereas Jonas Johansson turned apart 27 of 31 pictures confronted.
Hagel’s two aim body marked his eighth multi-goal interval for the Lightning, the seventh most within the franchise’s historical past. Hagel additionally has 5 multi-goal video games this season, tying him with Montreal’s Cole Caufield for the second most this season and behind solely Nathan MacKinnon (7).
Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (day-to-day) was not within the lineup on Thursday evening. Tampa Bay Head Coach Jon Cooper expects him to play in opposition to the Islanders.
Jonas Johansson began on Thursday evening for the Lightning, making 27 saves within the loss. That was the eighth recreation Johansson has began and the ninth he has performed this season. He’s 5-3-0 with a 3.06 GAA and .892 SV% in that stretch.
The Lightning and defenseman Ryan McDonagh agreed on a three-year extension on Thursday. McDonagh (undisclosed) has been on IR and performed in 15 video games this season. He has totaled six factors (3G, 3A).
Tampa Bay owns the highest penalty kill share within the NHL at 87.4%, although they allowed a pair pf power-play objectives in Thursday’s loss to the Pens.
On the ability play, the Lightning rank twenty fourth within the NHL (16.3%).
The Lightning are one of many prime groups when they’re in entrance this season. They stormed on to win 10 video games when main after the primary interval, solely behind the Capitals (12) within the NHL.
Tampa Bay is 8-6-0 on dwelling ice, together with 4-1-0 of their final 5.
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